Uploaded some music to Soundcloud

Genre Spasm by C0DA

I just wanted to let you know that I've started again with my project, the Social Computer, and that there is now finally a PRODUCT!!

It's the Civil Sandbox, it's a new building for a city which contains special technology and functionality. The building is designed to support and encourage growth and change at many levels within a city.

Please take a moment to have a look at the blog - www.civilsandbox.com

I also posted it as an application to Google's project 10^100

 

Blog continued on Myspace

Here

Performance coming soon

City Pulse project

As part of the CityPulse project from Chile, My music has been used as backdrop for some of the short (1minute) films on there..

Check it out at www.citypulse.co.cl

Remember Sharad

Today is the anniversary of Sharad's death, I set up a Myspace which i'll slowly be filling with content. Please leave a comment there.


http://myspace.com/remembersharad

Curry advert for fun

Our local curry menu:)


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Shantala dances to Sharad's music

It's a tribute to Sharad.




"Sharad... I met you through your art and that have been a very strong and deep
experience for me... Your music have called me and despite my greatest fears I
had to face it, I had to become one with it, I had to sublimate it.
By "my greatest fears" I mean real challenge, not just improvisation but the
ability to express my deep feelings and be able to handle this feelings. That is
why I put "Enchanted" on the highest level of art. It is a rarity to feel such
strength, truth, power and deep emotions in a piece of music. However I'm a strong believer that artists are here to bring us back to the essence, poetry and the depth of life.
And you are a real artiste.
Your beauty and your spirit will always resonate here through the love and
creativity you inspire in people. I want to thank you for the gift of your music
which is also so integrated and well adapted for dance. And whatever our tastes
are, I hope all of us can recognise and feel this deep engagement and the
fantastic talent Sharad had to share.

Respect."

Link to video page on Myspace

Videos served through Myspace

INBRED TV BLUEPRINT BBC ITEM 2001MySpace.com



NOISIA VIDEO 2004MySpace.com



FREESTYLE JUNKIES VIDEO 2000MySpace.com



INBRED TV BLUEPRINT2 2002MySpace.com

Music now on Myspace

Drum and Bass

Techno/Electro/Acid/House

Experimental

Trip-Hop/Personal


You can listen and download without registering to myspace.. If you are already on there - add me as a friend :)


My main profile

New night at Stepneys

Location

Melting Pot

go to Myspace account


Flyer by Laurine Brugman and Pras Anand

I met the girl I've been waiting for

Her name is Shantala, She's 23, a dancer. From the south of France, living in Belgium, working around the world. We compliment each other in ways I never expected :)

Recent mix online

This mix was made in April, but decided to post it now.. Got loads of new stuff now so it's okay..

It's a 55minute mix of my recent music (1yearold) ranging from about 90 bpm to about 140 bpm..

Link

50 fun Photos

Some photos of the last few days

LINK

Music used in a Demo

One of my tunes was used by Vic in a Demo he made back in September 2005. Check "S" and his other works on

Event @ World Headquarters

Had a great birthday :)

50 photos

Freestyle Junkies Label on Last.FM

Autumn Leaves is the name of the first release of music from myself and Sharad.. It features 8 tracks each of our more personal and easygoing music. There will be more releases from us in the near future and several other artists are preparing their music. For now, if you haven't joined last.fm yet - go and do it now!


Freestyle Junkies Page (Here you can preview tracks without having to register)


Cover art by Laurine Brugman
Listen to Autumn Leaves on Last.FM (You will need the player installed first)

Joined Last.FM

is wicked.. I'm loving it.. Teaching the system what music I like, hearing a lot of new music and created a Freestyle Junkies Label on there..

Great stuff.. Check it out..

It's like a huge database of tracks oriented by artist or label. The previews on the site are for reference, you use it as a radio station. Via the player you can generate a "Radio" station - by going to for example Plaid then clicking "Music similar to this artist" then the player will play artists that are similar.

You can click a tag - like trip-hop and it will play random tracks which are tagged trip-hop and you've got three buttons on the player:
LOVE IT
SKIP IT
and BAN IT
it's brilliant, it learns what you like and feeds it back to your profile.

My User Profile

Reposted the inbred:TV videos

BBC item about Inbred:TV Blueprint and the following project (Save as)

www.divx.com (video codec if needed)

Photo collection

147 images from the end of last year (taken from 1000's).

I guess they describe my life in some ways. There is no particular order to the images because the camera naming system is shite.

Hope you enjoy them..

Link

Joined Myspace and Linked In

Turbulence photos

These photos are from Turbulence in Newcastle. They are taken by Sara Makari-Aghdam.

Download here

Noisia video online

SIN Drum and Bass was the launch event we organised in Groningen, Holland. Together with Noisia we put together the nights, I was responsible for visuals.

I made the video (the night before the event, hehe) and then a few days later I made this compilation as a demo. It took so long to get it online because we needed a better soundtrack.

The music is from BBC Radio 1's Breezeblock from when they played there.

Save this link

www.noisia.nl

The video is in DivX format.

New tune

I wrote this about a girl I met from Paris on New years eve, just finished it today (well it's not finished actually)..

Aurore

Enjoy

MRPRAS.COM

It's my new homepage, is linked to my old site until I launch a new one..

Check back soon..

HERE

Freestyle Junkies returns with a new event

Decided to post an old tune

"New Day in Newcastle" was written back in 2004.

LINK

New phone number and a bunch of new music

X
Illegal Entry
Smackdown(premix)
Dark Days
Iliol

Here are five new tunes, enjoy.. You will be hearing about their release soon i hope.

My new phone number is +44 (0)77 8393 0777

Have a nice day and check back in a few days for a new video diary :)

Uploaded video from India

This is a one hour "home video" of some of our experiences in taking the ashes of Sharad to India..

I hope you enjoy it. Link removed

You will need DivX6 or equivalent video decoder to view this AVI file. For non technical people, go here and download the "DivX Play Bundle". There is a link to the Mac download on this page.

Technical users might wish to use FFDShow - google it.

Wrote a tune for Sharad

LINK HERE

Messenger conversation between myself and my cousin in Canada.

WARNING: This is a frank conversation between myself and a member of my family around the death of my brother Sharad. If you are looking for resolution about sharad's death, this might give you some idea.

There are details in there which are very frank and clear, and therefore may be VERY distressing to know. Please do not read this text if you are not ready to know (to the best of my knowledge) what happened to Sharad.

Email me if you want it

Sharad commited suicide

At 0900 on the 23rd of September, my younger brother Sharad jumped from the Tyne bridge in Newcastle. I will write more details when I am in a better state and have recovered fully from this devastating experience.

I am writing this post from India where I have spent the last few days sending the ashes into the Ganges river and conducting the hindu rituals to cleanse Sharads (an our) souls for the future.

The day of the ceremony was very special and was a once in a 300year Solar eclipse which is normally a bad sign in Hindu beliefs but this one was a very special one. The hindu funeral cereomnies completed on the 13th day of the death (yesterday).

I saw my mother for the first time in 11 years, which was a necessary and strong experience. Now I am ready to move forward and have taken from Sharad's spirit. He was a wonderful person and everyone loved him.

He completed his own life the way he had lived it, full, determined, brutal. It has been a sick, painful, gruesome experience finding out the details of his death. From the recent events, the actual death and the family history that all came to light.

But let me tell you that I am stronger than I have ever been, calmer and more confident, more spiritual and positive. My young brothers life and death have given me the strength to do what I must do in my life and for this I am glad.

Please email me with any photos or other content you might have from Sharad to pras@social-computer.com

Another photoblog from Madrid

Link here!

New tune - Morning in Madrid

Title says it all..

It's very minimal, maybe in time i will add some vocalist or indian instrumental..

Download here

Having a great time

I´m enjoying Madrid very much, I´ve nearly been here for two weeks. I´ve managed to eat okay and have found a room. Been climbing, partying, chilling and meeting loads of cool people.

I´m focussing more on the music and video side of things and am looking to secure a proper teaching job. i´m going to start with English teaching and go from there. There are lots of opportunities for video, music and social projects i think.

I´m living in a room that Lucia´s father has kindly offered )for a week or two( and then I will see if I have other places to go until i start bringing in a solid income.

For now, I´m meeting dozens of people involved in Video, Music, Sound and Lights and this I like.. The research and social political stuff can wait until I can eat. Fuck the world if I´m not taking care of myself!

PICTURES HERE

VIVA MADRID

Left Groningen

I took the plane to Madrid and maybe will not return to Groningen other than to visit.

VERA – June 17 2005 – WICKED CITY

Designed by Pepijn Barnard
Download FULL flyer
Download WEB flyer

Joined forces with nullTV

I went to Vienna to meet with Nico Serda from nullTV. Also present was Ken Kostyo from the World Citizen Foundation.

Our discussions took us in and around global media, democracy, human rights, technological impact, social support, independence, corporate structure and re-structure etc..

We ended up agreeing that I contribute my work on Social Computer, inbred:MEDIA and OMNICORP to nullTV. I have decided to put myself 100% into nullTV and set up projects from there. My official role in this context is NEW PROJECTS DEVELOPER.

Also, I am helping to develop an internet infrastructure for the nullMEDIA spaces to support the channel itself (a global Sattelite and Cable TV channel).. So my role is also Technology Officer.. I will be able to support nullTV by strategically employing new and emerging technologies..

I am interested in the Marketing of nullTV and although this isn't my official title I am working on campaign ideas together with Nico to see how we can involve and include more people..

One of my first tasks was to write to author - Noam Chomsky in regards to an interview for our promotion/pilot.

Sharad and Pras perform together!

FRIDAY 13th MAY 20h-24h For the first time in over 7 years, we´ll play our own music together - at Kult in Groningen.

It´s free..



http://www.sharadmusic.com

http://e2000.org/pras

Illustration - by Laurine Brugman

Joined OpenBC

Here's my homepage there

Interviewed by http://www.bootstrap-network.com/

Here's a phone interview with Graham Stewart about Social Computer..

MP3 - 33Minutes Download or copy link into your player, to stream it..

LINK

Went to Madrid!

I went to Madrid to meet my Brother Sharad who'd moved there..

Download the pics in a ZIP file!

Sharad has come to stay here in Holland for a couple of months also ..

Really busy

Hi.. I'm not online much at the moment. So sorry...+31 648 256 492

Made a new mix

Made a mix for Sieger - All new tunes (new version of AS also).. You can listen or download it here

Re-invented Social Computer

Now it's OMNICORP.. No details, sorry..

Left Newcastle

A lot happened in my journey home. From personal, psychological and family improvements to projects, connections and opportunities. Today I know what I'm going to do. I.m not sure, of course, exactly how this will work out. There are a couple of projects I will initiate in Groningen before I leave. Secondly the Social computer research project will continue there.

My plans are several. Firstly I'm going to identify within English universities whether my high-end inventions are worth researching. For instance, a recent conversation with a neuro-doctor from egypt convinced and encouraged me to follow a couple of older ideas - namely the Perceptual Bridge (Neural Interface) and the Synesthetic Synth (Brain Machine). No details on this will be released or discussed, sorry.

I'll also continue to develop and combine Media projects, youth exchanges and computer work with children. There are numerous projects and possibilities comi ng together from the global voice project. Via the ModoFac project and, of course, through Graham(Picsie) some interesting new facets have also appeared. New connections are leading to more connection with like minds and doers. This gives me great confidence which was sorely needed.

Even on a basic personal level, friendships, relationships have improved my personal confidence and given me new fuel to go on with my challenging life. I've discovered my confidence again and resolved many internal conflicts which have held me back for years... Viva 2005

FOUND MY WIZARD HAT

After three years of thinking it was gone and forgotten, my dancing jester wizard hat returned to me. You may see it bouncing around in drum and bass nights near you.

Global Voice Project ends!

Returned home from the castle. After 5 days of not much sleep and hundreds of intense 'Pras' conversations I needed to sleep. The project was great. A real diversity of people all with the common goal of developing projects together. This goal was well achieved and the outputting ideas, connections and, most importantly, friendships are sure to grow. Surely an amazing experience I will not forget.

Returned from Ford Castle

Just a quick entry before my proper write-up...

Pictures - http://inbred.tv/pras/gv

Video - http://inbred.tv/pras/3days.mpg

More soon

2005

Today I noticed a new energy. I can feel it in the air. This year is going to be a good one. From the moment the clock struck, i didn't find myself saying 'happy new year'. The words that came to mind were 'make it the best year ever'. The more I thought it and the more i said it, the more real it became.

If you're working on something close to your heart then be strong. If not, maybe this year could be a start.

Went to Edinburgh for Modo Fac Central

I went to visit Graham from www.picsie.com and Kerry from www.modofaccentral.com to discuss potential cross-overs and see if there was anything we could do for each other.

I think the short answers are all positive and we had a nice (if short) discussion. It was good to meet and touch base, let's see where it goes from here..

Our conversations were recorded - http://e2000.org/pras/modofac_audio.zip and i also took pictures - http://e2000.org/pras/modofac_pics.zip - to hear the audio you need quicktime 6 or realone player (or better).. They are in AMR format. The images are JPG incidentally.

Travelled home for the Christmas and New year

I made some pictures of my journey, my first nights there, christmas and the day after.

http://e2000.org/pras/imageblog1.html

Made a video letter for Bob Geldof

http://inbred.tv/pras/vid.html

This is the online DivX version, but I sent it on VHS to Bob, who should receive it at his office around the 9th of January.. We'll see what happens then i guess... Maybe Bob won't like it, but it still is an interesting intro to me and my work. So please watch it!

For the codec - http://www.divx.com/divx/divxpro/download/
For a better, open-source, pc-only codec - http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ffdshow/ffdshow-20041012.exe?download

Wrote a housey tune for a good friend

Lucia is a friend who used to live in Groningen. Then she left.. :(
Then she visited which was great.. Then she left... :(

This time I was looking through some photo's of her and I felt like writing a tune.. House isn't really my thing, but I think it turned out okay. (considering I only spent an hour making it)

http://e2000.org/pras/mp3/goneagain.mp3

Viva Lucia!!!!

Wrote Mila

To commemorate the birth of my unborn daughter - Mila I wrote this tune.